Archive for 2011
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – September 11, 2011 +May the gentle Christ speak through us, the creative God expand our lives, and the Spirit write the Gospel in our hearts every day. Amen. She had forgotten a few things she […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – September 4, 2011 The very first prayer we would have prayed last Sunday were it not for Irene—we call it the collect— includes a catch phrase that always gets my attention: true religion. The prayer […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 21, 2011 Three clergy—a Lutheran, a Catholic, and an Episcopalian ended up at the same time at the Gates of heaven. It turns out that Jesus was administering the entrance exam that day. “The […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Feast of St. Mary the Virgin (transferred) – August 14, 2011 In my short tenure as a clergy person, this is the third time I’ve been assigned to preach on the feast day of St. Mary. Someone must have a […]
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Homily preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – August 7, 2011 Today’s Gospel story is a continuation of last week’s account of Jesus feeding thousands of people with just a little bread and a couple of fish. The disciples had shared the work […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nichlas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – August 7, 2011 On a beautiful spring afternoon in May 1993 I was sitting on a large rock on the beach over looking the Connecticut Sound. I was on a reflection break during a respite […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Adam Yates St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – July 31, 2011 Our country is two days away from defaulting on our loans. If this is the first that you’re hearing of it, I apologize for the being the bearer of bad news, but […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost – July 24, 2011 The Gospel lesson today presents us with five snippets in which Jesus describes the kingdom of God using very ordinary, common images like a mustard seed, yeast, and a fishing net—all things […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Cindy Stravers St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – July 17, 2011 The first part of today’s gospel lesson is one in a string of Kingdom parables – those stories that Jesus used to help his followers understand something more about the Kingdom he […]
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Sermon preached by the Reverend Nicholas Lang St. Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT The Third Sunday after Pentecost – July 3, 2011 “What’s wrong with this generation?” I’ll bet that all of us here have either asked that rhetorical question—or have been the brunt of the question. It has always been thus and in […]
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